Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-08-20

the charms OF Alice he iaiI'u ~ '-tV"l
il bv lnOl: and kept nj ~ Httao"s "h
the bread plate in Nay lha' >Hm"Wh1i
alarmed the worthy Idchariah. Aii"-,
however either from Il smaller apie-
tie or curiosity or rnqu-,iishncs>. OF
there in room here Ia maze cata-
luJun oi ,hc different feelings wh oh ar"
liable To move the female m'nd. 50 l
will Sar. or someihiHg-dri not fail 10
observe tbs addition To the mn
folks Of tue lam H. She certainly
didn't find ANYTHING very handsome.
though she did moi lind herself pre-
pared 10 say lhal he was quite 81 had-
looking IL Zachariah iIad said. lie
was tall, -bonci with hair Of II sort
of undecided shade with Suong lean
ing towards red. and Immensely IHrEe
hands and-a good appetite. IA"
looked uteliigen, and Ike good f".-
: low generally. While Alice admi'ir.i
TO herself that he was far from b'.n@
MS handsome a. some Of the o;hrr h rod
men vino had l. sen and fallen ~ the
DaybauTh family. at the same M" she
decided that ther, ware without dC"b;
many worse Young men in the work.,
and that, much ~ his looks were
aUair,' him. she cOnld conceive that
the t;mr might come when 'he would
. sec her way clear TO administer to him
/ pie, dried pumpkin pc, from 'he pan
try window. Though the thought d'd
occur tu hcr that even il he dId recover
from the effect of the meal he WAS now
eating, it would be exceedingly doubt
ful if he would have any desire for any
thing 50 substantial rs dried pumpkin
pic an inch thick for som" time.
At last Tom stopped eating. evident
Is more because the others did than
from any personal reason.
".Jes' rive the hUg> bout four buck
cts O. that swill IN the bari hy the door,
an bump mp the trough full o water,
an turn the hoS~cS oUl'n The pasture
an then ye better 20 [ bed cause W.
wan;'o be out o hsd gn sun-np in the
mornin' :" said Zachar,ah To Tom -
they rose from the supper-tabie. :
swar, Hammer" he continued, aftel
Tom went out, did you sea how h
wadcd into the bread n butter?'
"lIe did pear t have Il powerful
good appetite
Wall, | should say ~, wy
, thought he'ud kill himself dead.
/. the blame cuss keeps eatin' like tba
he'll eat us out o. house'n' home.
, he slows it way Ike that now wotl
he do when he CESS L diggn post
hOlesr'
u dunno. Zacarier, yer the one wha
hired him..
1 Il reckon. pap. the feller mightn't
/ had any dinner. STILL remarked AicC
Zachariah looked at Hannah and Ila'
nah looked al Iachariah. II AiC
a wasn't standing mp for him already
{ and man whose looks were so aga:n'
: him, too! Mast that dreadful puml
c kin pie episode be repeated? The
: both groaned-inwar,lly-an Iachar
a ah went out TO see that the hogs wei
4 properly fed, and Hannah to wat'
some choice cabbages.
$ The next day the grand attack ";
c made on the post-holes. For sever
r days following, the post-hoie m
barbed wire fence campaign wa' k"I
il up. Then there was the breakng {
I the back forty. and the having IN Il
slough, and the corn cultivaling, al
:. number of those pleasant little re
L reatons which farm life is subject
"a between "seedin' N harvest" Al
# in everything Zachar ah foand Tom
- model hired man. He could dig ic
Is more pOst-holes. and do n Little no
breaking and pitch hay little hordf
and stay in the corn-licld tile Ion
\, er than Zachariah could himself.
=, fact. in his own words, THAT M
n 'pearcd t b. bout as chuck full
G. hard days. work ~ they make em
- And he also proved 30 be rrmarka'
y, good natured and reliable. But ala
n, there was the old trouble. Pie? We
: no. not pie Yet. but { seemed ~ I
"a might almost reach that b,foro II ci
- I'D mated.
7 Il started oa the Fourth of ia.
-, Zari ariah had told Tom to hitch
:, old dol. ami "!hc coit' 6u>t past {
Il eighteenth anniversary "f h.s hir'
and they woIld all d;iv,. into town ~
r. witness the great cciebrat'on. - ce
~ bration." remarked The able App.c
an .igifoi0r, never before "qualei N u
Terr lory-one in VIII ch HE El%ic "
;. Scream and strOug men aud fair wpil
- will vie with each other in doing hon
no TO our Nations Birthday
nj When Iachariah and his anna
n, suousa reached the door what wa In
# horror 10 find Tom and Alice on
n front SCAT. l.avin" the back seat
l. ih-n. Ii did no good TO look at th'
d. lhev were very busy discussing
m relative beauty of different colon
er horses. Alice having iast stated
I'll prrferenc., for the spotted variety 81
,id a circus ho.s, AMI Tom rather lea,
ad in ,ha. direction himself. SO there y
ng nothing to 10, and they rode 10
of great celebration a. the young peo